Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Paleolimulidae
Alternative combination: Prestwichia signata
Synonym: Paleolimulus avitus Dunbar 1923
Full reference: C. E. Beecher. 1904. Note on a new Permian xiphosuran from Kansas. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 18:23-24
Belongs to Paleolimulus according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020
See also Babcock et al. 2000, Babcock and Merriam 2000, Dunbar 1923, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016 and Raymond 1944
Sister taxa: Paleolimulus kunguricus, Paleolimulus mazonensis
Type specimens:
- Paleolimulus signatus: USNM 483405. Its type locality is Stockdale Recreation Area, Tuttle Creek Lake, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Fort Riley Formation of Kansas.
- Paleolimulus avitus: YPM 26324, 26317, 26325. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Kansas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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